No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

Quote by Isaac Newton

Topics: Boldness Quotes, Discovery Quotes

It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.

It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.

The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe,...

The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe,...

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of...

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of...

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of...

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than...

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the...

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the...

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose...

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about...

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about...

Seeing through is rarely seeing into

Seeing through is rarely seeing into